VHS to DVD

[jyeh74]

I took 2 VHS to Costco and they will convert them to a single DVD.
How do I take the first 10 mins of the DVD, cut it out and transfer that to a video file that I can post online?

Do I use DVDFab Decrypter to do DVD to avi or mp4?
Then do I use something to cut the total video file to only the first 10 mins?

[jman98]

How on earth do you have over 9 years of membership and 777 posts and need to ask questions like you were a newbie? What the hell have you been doing here for all this time? And what exactly have you been saying or asking in your 777 posts that makes you unable to already know the answers to those questions in your post?

There are these crazy things called "video editors" that can "take the 10 mins of the DVD, cut it out and transfer that to a video file". My suggestion would be to edit first, then convert, but it's shameful that you don't already know even that. That's as much as I'm willing to say.

I hope for your sake that you got hacked and that posting came from some hacker.

[jyeh74]

If i knew, i wouldn't ask. Damn, why are people such a douche? If you don't have anything positive to say, don't say it.
Some people aren't as technically inclined as others. I've only used DVDfab before for simple extracting entire DVD movies but to video files, but never from dvd to avi/mpg/mp4 and not for editing.

[manono]

Damn, why are people such a douche?

Maybe because other people can't be bothered to figure out the answers for themselves with a quick search?

You can cut out pieces of a VOB file using MPEG2Cut2, among many other tools. As for converting to something you can post online, is that for some place like YouTube, maybe? They'll accept VOB input. Or convert it to MP4 using something like Vidcoder or Video To Video Converter among many other programs..

[jyeh74]

Damn, why are people such a douche?

Maybe because other people can't be bothered to figure out the answers for themselves with a quick search?

You can cut out pieces of a VOB file using MPEG2Cut2, among many other tools. As for converting to something you can post online, is that for some place like YouTube, maybe? They'll accept VOB input. Or convert it to MP4 using something like Vidcoder or Video To Video Converter among many other programs..

Yes, to post on youtube, facebook, etc. I didnt know those accept VOB directly. I always thought it had to be mp4, avi or mpg. When I extract DVD to my computer with DVDFab, its usually in. Video_TS files, dont know if it will do it to avi. I need to check.

Then edit it.

[jagabo]

You can open VOB files with Mpg2Cut2. Clips you save from Mpg2Cut2 will be MPG files.

[manono]

I didnt know those accept VOB directly. I always thought it had to be mp4, avi or mpg.

YouTube does, although, as jagabo says, when you cut a piece with MPEG2Cut2, it comes out as an MPG. I forgot that as I don't use MPEG2Cut2 much myself. I know nothing about Facebook and what formats it accepts.

When I extract DVD to my computer with DVDFab, its usually in. Video_TS files, dont know if it will do it to avi. I need to check.

Inside of the VIDEO_TS are all the DVD files, the VOBs, IFOs, and BUPs. Open the VOB you want in MPEG2Cut2 and cut out the piece you want. I'd feed it into a program to reencode it because if you upload directly to YouTube they'll get the aspect ratio wrong.

[jagabo]

When I extract the DVD, using DVDFabDecrypter, it saves it to my computer as VOB files in the form of Video_TS files.

How do I preview these files, without first converting it to some video file, like avi or mpg or mp4?

You can open your VOB files with Mpg2Cut2, view them, and save out clips as MPG files. No reencoding. Just remuxing from VOB to MPG.

Most media players will play VOB files, even the full IFO/VOB set with menus and everything. Except Windows Media Player -- which is worthless.

[lordsmurf]

I took 2 VHS to Costco and they will convert them to a single DVD.

That probably looks terrible.
They outsource everything from what I know.

[jyeh74]

Arent they all the same? How good is VHS quality anyways?

[jagabo]

Arent they all the same?

No.

How good is VHS quality anyways?

Crap. But making it crappier won't help.

[sanlyn]

VHS might look "OK" played directly to a TV. but it looks like crap to digital processors and encoders. I understand that many of these quick-conversion shops use decent players and some filtering gear, but that's not enough -- and some use nothing at all, they just play to an encoder/recorder and let chaos follow its own course.

Even with retail VHS, some are competent jobs that still need some correction, some VHS prints are total garbage, and most home-made stuff is the pits. The difference between capturing to lossless formats, doing some clean up, and using a good encoder/authoring app is a quantum leap. Literally, doing it that way would equate to thousands of $$$ in time/labor.

[CobraPilot]

Damn, why are people such a douche? If you don't have anything positive to say, don't say it.

Some givens in this world:

o Death
o Taxes
o jman98 being a douche, as you so accurately point out.

Off his meds again, I suspect, since he IS fully capable of giving often excellent advice, occasionally without a "douchey" comment.

[JimboS]

WHY...............any questions about VHS.............
Hello EUROPE and other's...
The world now has "better" stuff..........
at least as of 10 year's ago........
Or more...........

I'll sell you many VHS tapes.........
How about other well worn out stuff.........Maybe some KODAK FILM CAMERA'S..??????

You European's ever get with the NEW stuff..???????????

Or is VHS NEW there?????????????

[manono]

You European's ever get with the NEW stuff..???????????

I'm from the US, as are most (all?) of the others in this thread, as far as I'm aware. If you have anything actually useful to contribute to the discussion we're all ears.

You may have noticed that jyeh74 mentioned taking VHS tapes to Costco to be converted to DVD. Do you think Costco would offer such a service if there wasn't a demand for it? If you do then you don't know Costco.

[_Al_]

JimboS - questions about VHS will be still here even decades later, there is still going to be some wedding somewhere stored recorded to VHS, home video, or just some favorite, nostalgic show, clip, you know some "Rosebud" value that needs to be transferred to digital format ...

[sanlyn]

WHY...............any questions about VHS.............
Hello EUROPE and other's...
The world now has "better" stuff..........
at least as of 10 year's ago........
Or more...........

I'll sell you many VHS tapes.........
How about other well worn out stuff.........Maybe some KODAK FILM CAMERA'S..??????

You European's ever get with the NEW stuff..???????????

Or is VHS NEW there?????????????

Hm. Another babe, still in the woods.

[JimboS]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vhs

[JimboS]

Also..
II remember 8mm tapes
I remember VHS tapes
I remember VHS-C tapes
I remember DV tapes....
I remember SD cards///////////
I'm now into 3D.........
So don't tell me what I don't know....

[manono]

So don't tell me what I don't know....

You don't know how to post any information actually relevant to the thread? jyeh74 asked how to cut pieces from a VOB and you're spouting gibberish about Europeans and obsolete video formats.

[JimboS]

Well, VHS died 20 years ago...
why ???

[JimboS]

Any sent e-mail's are stupid //
You know who you are...
VHS is a dead format , which is all I am trying to say...
I know I'm not posting anything to help...
So stop the your an a-h e-mails
It's now 2013.....
VHS was great in 1990...
Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jagabo]

VHS is a dead format

VHS isn't "dead" to someone who has precious, irreplaceable video on VHS tape and wants to transfer it to some other medium. Telling them VHS is dead is pointless and stupid.

[JimboS]

JAGABO,
Stop with the e-mail's...
I understand about VHS that was 20 year's ago..
No, I do not know how to help...
I just go with the flow and UPGRADE..........
I do have many VHS and VHS-C tapes////////
It's an "OH well" situation...........

[manono]

Great, not just a troll but a retarded troll.

[JimboS]

Well, sorry you think that way...
I am NOT a TROLL...
I am a jerk that UPGRADES...
I left VHS behind when I upgraded from WIN 95
UH, was that "how many year's ago???"

[sanlyn]

Well, VHS died 20 years ago...
why ???

No, your VHS died 20 years ago. How long did you think that $30 no-name piece of crap would last? If you traveled anywhere outside your cave for a look at the world around you, you'd find that the good ol' USA is one of the most restricted countries on the planet when it comes to the variety of electronics and entertainment sources available. Hell, even DVD mastering labs and recording studios in the States rely on tube equipment that's available only in Europe. It's a waste of bandwidth to post gingoistic, culturally naive crap if that's all you have to offer.

[jagabo]

JAGABO,
Stop with the e-mail's...

I'm not sending you email. Maybe you need to change your email notification option in the forum setup.

[JimboS]

I do IN fact have a very good VCR player/recorder....
A SAMSUNG........
I do play some OLD VHS tapes , sometimes
I do not dwell on the fact they are old
I like to get the NEWEST......
SORRY , if I offended some people
I would like to see some threads on some NEW stuff...
Like 3D .........

[Clockwork]

Great, not just a troll but a retarded troll.

It takes a village...